INDEX 



485 



Pi 



Pi.AiiVE, History and geograpliieal distri- 

 bution of the bubonic ; George M. 

 Sternberg 



— , Spread of, in various countries 108, 



Polar expeditions of 19i'0 1()4, 295, 374, 



Port Arthur, Lease to Russia of 



Potatoes, Yield of, in tlie United States... 



Powell, J. W., Surveys in tlie arid regions 

 hy 



Preston, E. D. : Work of the Geological 

 Survey in Copper River delta 



Pritchett, H. S., Referred to 



Puerto Rico, not Porto Rico; Jolm Hyde.. 



Porto Rico, First American census in 



-, Productive capacity of 



. Work of Coast and Geodetic Survey 



in 



. U. S. Signal Corps in 



07 

 248 

 411 

 2! HI 

 1U7 



1211 

 24:i 



Railway construction in Cliina 12ri, 127 



the United States l(;:i 



— rem Mecca to Damascus 247 



Victoria ]Nyanza to east coast of 



Africa 24.i 



— , Highest elevation ever reached by a... 22ii 

 — , Survey for a, from HanUau to Canton., liii.'. 



Railways in South Africa 1S7 



— , Rapiil e.xtension in Russia of. 24:j 



RicHTHoFEN, Baron, E.xploration of Hunan 



bv :','.):', 



Ripley, W. Z., Record of address by 4UJ 



RiiTER, H. P , Worli of, in Copper" River 



delta 21) 



RiiiipRR, T. G., Note of address by 47ii 



Russia, A new railway projected by 4(i 



— , Coiic>-ssions bj' Korea to 2S(i 



— . Interest in German railwav to Persian 



Gulf of ". 204 



— , l!aihvay construction in 24S 



— , Strategic advantages in Manchuria of.. 326 

 — . Supposed scheme to absorb China of... 2!i3 

 — . The growth of: Edwin A. Grosvenor... Idn 



RrssELL, I-'raxk, Record of address by 4b'i 



I!vE, Yield in the United States of li;7 



Samoas Islands, The; Edwin V. Morgan.. 417 

 Saxmkoff Land, Expedition for explora- 

 tion of 7!i 



SciioMBUKGK line, History of tlie famous.... 1:53 



Schools of forestry li;8 



ScHKADER, F. C. ; Tlie Cape Nome gold 



field.s 15 



SciuMouK, Emza R. ; China, the long-lived 



empire 333 



— cited on the Tsung-li-Yamen 2'.tl 



— : Mrs. Bishop's " IMie Yangtse Valley 



and Bej'ond " 'MW, 



Sea-uepth, Deepest sounding ever re- 

 corded 1-J4 



Seasons, Phenomena of the, and their 



causes 73 



Sef.i.f.v, Pkok., cited on ICngli.sh coloniza- 

 tion 2.54 



SENEOAr., F"rencli develnpment of 23(i 



Skovl, The urnat bell of l.Vi 



Shanghai, Situation and trade of .iilK 



Shaiip, a. H., Journey through .Africa 



of 4n.s 



Shakpe, Kowdlkk, cited on Charles Hose's 



administration in Bonn-o 3(i2 



Shiphuildinij in Kntjiand. Germany, 



France, and the United States "!t 



Sierra Prieta, Region of 348 



SiiiNAL CoKi's, U.S.. Wfirk of, in Porto Rico. 243 

 , tlK- Philippines 247 



Page 

 Simpson, W. A. ; Influence of geogi'aphical 

 conditions on military operations in 



South Africa 18C 



Slavery in South Africa 88 



Smith, C. A., quoted on the hurricane at 



Indianola, Texas, September, 1875 444 



South .-Africa; Influence of geographic 

 conditions on miliiary operations in.. ISO 



, Progress of native tribes in M 



, Railways in 187 



South Afuic.In States, Probable future of 



the itl 



South America, Trade of the United 



States with 376 



South polar expeditions 164, 414 



SyuiER, G. O., cited on a United States 



Pacific cable ^2r> 



Stein. Robert, Polar expedition of 296 



Sternheri;, George M. ; History and geo- 

 graphical distribution of the bubonic 



plague 97 



— , Record of address by 415 



Stevenson, Robert Louis, cited on beach- 

 combers in Samoa 425 



Stioer, Albert, cited on prevention of 



hailstorms by the use of cannon 239 



Strait of Magellan, Depth and character 



of. 54 



Sun, Total eclipse of, Mav 28, liioo; F. H. 



Bigelow 1 33 



, as recorded liy the National 



Geographic society's eclipse expedi- 

 tion to Norfolk. Va 321 



SvEUDRUP, Polar expedition liy 296 



Ta-lien-wan, Lease to liussia of 290 



Tarr and McMurry's geogi'aphies. Re- 

 view of 207 



Taylor, W. A. ; Map of northwest Canada 

 and soutliwest Alaska 40 



Telegraph line from Victoria Nyaiiza to 

 east coast of Africa 245 



— and cable lines in tlie Philippines 247 



— connections with Pekin 338 



Temperature at Crucero Alto, Peru 220 



— . Variations of, at La Paz, Bolivia 274 



'I'kxas, Hurricanes on coast of 442 



Tides and tidal theories, Study of 80 



Tientsin, Description of 2"3 



Titicaca Island, the Eden of the Inoas 268 



TiTTMANN, O. H., Appointment of, as head 



of U. S. Coast Survey 243 



Todd, C. C. Record of address by 416 



Toll, Baron, Arctic explorations by party 



under 248 



— , Expedition of, for exploring New Si- 

 beria Islanils and Sannikoff Land 79 



ToRBERT, .loHN B. ; Africa, the largest game 



preserve in the world 445 



Trade unions in China 315 



Transvaal, .Vrna and jjopiilation of. 87 



-, Kritish South Africa and the 81 



— , Geography and climate of 84 



Thimuui.l, J.-H. ; Dictionary of the Natick 



(Indian) language 37r> 



Tsung-li-Ya.men, Character and work of 



the 291 



TuPAt: Amaru, the last of the In<;as 265 



Tunis, French development of 236 



— , Invasion of, bj' Italian farmers and 



peasants 374 



Turkish Empire, Coiict'i^.sioiis by, to (Jer- 



iiiaiiy 203 



'I'vpiiiioxs, Wai'iiiiigs of approiiching, in 



the Phi lif>pi lies 428 



